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Bulgaria

Federation founded: 1923
FIFA member since: 1924

 
WORLD CUP HISTORY
1930 - Did not participate
1934 - Did not qualify
1938 - Did not qualify
1950 - Did not participate
1954 - Did not qualify
1958 - Did not qualify
1962 - First round exit
1966 - First round exit
1970 - First round exit
1974 - First round exit
1978 - Did not qualify
1982 - Did not qualify
1986 - Second round exit
1990 - Did not qualify
1994 - 4th place
1998 - First round exit
2002 - Did not qualify
2006 - Did not qualify

 
STATISTICS
Played
26
Won
3
Drawn
8
Lost
15
Goals for
22
Goals against
53
Points
17
Bulgaria are 30th on the all-time table.

 
TEAM RECORDS
Biggest victory:
4-0 vs Greece in 1994.
Biggest defeat:
1-6 vs Hungary in 1962 and against Spain in 1998.
Overall topscorer:
Hristo Stoitchkov, 6 goals.
Most appearances:
Emil Kostadinov, 13 matches.
Hosted the World Cup:
Never

 
GREATEST PLAYERS
Hristo Stoitchkov

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

  

1930

No qualifying rounds held. Teams 
were invited to take part, but BULGARIA
chose not to participate.

1934

(WCQ Group 4)
25.Mar 34 BULGARIA 1-4 Hungary 25.Apr 34 Austria 6-1 BULGARIA 28.Apr 34 Hungary 4-1 BULGARIA BULGARIA withdrew. Remaining matches not played as they had no importance.
P W D L Gls Pts 1.Hungary 2 2 0 0 8- 2 4 2.Austria 1 1 0 0 6- 1 2 3.BULGARIA 3 0 0 3 3-14 0 BULGARIA failed to qualify for Italy 1934.

1938

(WCQ Group 7)
07.Nov 37 BULGARIA 1-1 Czechoslovakia 24.Apr 38 Czechoslovakia 6-0 BULGARIA
BULGARIA failed to qualify for France 1938.

1950

 BULGARIA did not participate
in the qualifying rounds.

1954

(WCQ Group 8)
28.Jun 53 Romania 3-1 BULGARIA 06.Sep 53 BULGARIA 1-2 Czechoslovakia 11.Oct 53 BULGARIA 1-2 Romania 08.Nov 53 Czechoslovakia 0-0 BULGARIA
P W D L Gls Pts 1.Czechoslovakia 4 3 1 0 5- 1 7 2.Romania 4 2 0 2 5- 5 4 3.BULGARIA 4 0 1 3 3- 7 1 BULGARIA failed to qualify for Switzerland 1954.

1958

(UEFA Group 3)
22.May 57 Norway 1-2 BULGARIA 23.Jun 57 Hungary 4-1 BULGARIA 15.Sep 57 BULGARIA 1-2 Hungary 03.Nov 57 BULGARIA 7-0 Norway
P W D L Gls Pts 1.Hungary 4 3 0 1 12- 4 6 2.BULGARIA 4 2 0 2 11- 7 4 3.Norway 4 1 0 3 3-15 2 BULGARIA failed to qualify for Sweden 1958.

1962

(UEFA Group 2)
11.Dec 60 France 3-0 BULGARIA 16.Jun 61 Finland 0-2 BULGARIA 29.Oct 61 BULGARIA 3-1 Finland 12.Nov 61 BULGARIA 1-0 France
P W D L Gls Pts 1.France 4 3 0 1 10- 3 6 BULGARIA 4 3 0 1 6- 4 6 3.Finland 4 0 0 4 3-12 0 Play-off [in Milan (ITA)]
16.Dec 61 BULGARIA 1-0 France
BULGARIA qualified for Chile 1962.

1966

(UEFA Group 1)
13.Jun 65 BULGARIA 4-0 Israel 26.Sep 65 BULGARIA 3-0 Belgium 27.Oct 65 Belgium 5-0 BULGARIA 21.Nov 65 Israel 1-2 BULGARIA
P W D L Gls Pts 1.Belgium 4 3 0 1 11- 3 6 BULGARIA 4 3 0 1 9- 6 6 3.Israel 4 0 0 4 1-12 0 Play-off [in Florence (ITA)]
29.Dec 65 BULGARIA 2-1 Belgium
BULGARIA qualified for England 1966.

1970

(UEFA Group 8)
27.Oct 68 BULGARIA 2-0 Netherlands 23.Apr 69 BULGARIA 2-1 Luxembourg 15.Jun 69 BULGARIA 4-1 Poland 22.Oct 69 Netherlands 1-1 BULGARIA 09.Nov 69 Poland 3-0 BULGARIA 07.Dec 69 Luxembourg 1-3 BULGARIA
P W D L Gls Pts 1.BULGARIA 6 4 1 1 12- 7 9 2.Poland 6 4 0 2 19- 8 8 3.Netherlands 6 3 1 2 9- 5 7 4.Luxembourg 6 0 0 6 4-24 0 BULGARIA qualified for Mexico 1970.

1974

(UEFA Group 6)
18.Oct 72 BULGARIA 3-0 Northern Ireland 19.Nov 72 Cyprus 0-4 BULGARIA 02.May 73 BULGARIA 2-1 Portugal 26.Sep 73 Northern Ireland 0-0 BULGARIA 13.Oct 73 Portugal 2-2 BULGARIA 18.Nov 73 BULGARIA 2-0 Cyprus
P W D L Gls Pts 1.BULGARIA 6 4 2 0 13- 3 10 2.Portugal 6 2 3 1 10- 6 7 3.Northern Ireland 6 1 3 2 5- 6 5 4.Cyprus 6 1 0 5 1-14 2 BULGARIA qualified for West Germany 1974.

1978

(UEFA Group 5)
09.Oct 76 BULGARIA 2-2 France 01.Jun 77 BULGARIA 2-1 Rep. of Ireland 12.Oct 77 Rep. of Ireland 0-0 BULGARIA 16.Nov 77 France 3-1 BULGARIA
P W D L Gls Pts 1.France 4 2 1 1 7- 4 5 2.BULGARIA 4 1 2 1 5- 6 4 3.Rep. of Ireland 4 1 1 2 2- 4 3 BULGARIA failed to qualify for Argentina 1978.

1982

(UEFA Group 1)
04.Jun 80 Finland 0-2 BULGARIA 19.Oct 80 BULGARIA 2-1 Albania 03.Dec 80 BULGARIA 1-3 West Germany 13.May 81 BULGARIA 4-0 Finland 28.May 81 Austria 2-0 BULGARIA 14.Oct 81 Albania 0-2 BULGARIA 11.Nov 81 BULGARIA 0-0 Austria 22.Nov 81 West Germany 4-0 BULGARIA
P W D L Gls Pts 1.West Germany 8 8 0 0 33- 3 16 2.Austria 8 5 1 2 16- 6 11 3.BULGARIA 8 4 1 3 11-10 9 4.Albania 8 1 0 7 4-22 2 5.Finland 8 1 0 7 4-27 2 BULGARIA failed to qualify for Spain 1982.

1986

(UEFA Group 4)
29.Sep 84 Yugoslavia 0-0 BULGARIA 21.Nov 84 France 1-0 BULGARIA 05.Dec 84 BULGARIA 4-0 Luxembourg 06.Apr 85 BULGARIA 1-0 East Germany 02.May 85 BULGARIA 2-0 France 01.Jun 85 BULGARIA 2-1 Yugoslavia 25.Sep 85 Luxembourg 1-3 BULGARIA 16.Nov 85 East Germany 2-1 BULGARIA
P W D L Gls Pts 1.France 8 5 1 2 15- 4 11 2.BULGARIA 8 5 1 2 13- 5 11 3.East Germany 8 5 0 3 16- 9 10 4.Yugoslavia 8 3 2 3 7- 8 8 5.Luxembourg 8 0 0 8 2-27 0 BULGARIA qualified for Mexico 1986.

1990

(UEFA Group 1)
19.Oct 88 BULGARIA 1-3 Romania 02.Nov 88 Denmark 1-1 BULGARIA 26.Apr 89 BULGARIA 0-2 Denmark 17.May 89 Romania 1-0 BULGARIA 11.Oct 89 BULGARIA 4-0 Greece 15.Nov 89 Greece 1-0 BULGARIA
P W D L Gls Pts 1.Romania 6 4 1 1 10- 5 9 2.Denmark 6 3 2 1 15- 6 8 3.Greece 6 1 2 3 3-15 4 4.BULGARIA 6 1 1 4 6- 8 3 BULGARIA failed to qualify for Italy 1990.

1994

(UEFA Group 6)
14.May 92 Finland 0-3 BULGARIA 09.Sep 92 BULGARIA 2-0 France 07.Oct 92 Sweden 2-0 BULGARIA 02.Dec 92 Israel 0-2 BULGARIA 14.Apr 93 Austria 3-1 BULGARIA 28.Apr 93 BULGARIA 2-0 Finland 12.May 93 BULGARIA 2-2 Israel 08.Sep 93 BULGARIA 1-1 Sweden 13.Oct 93 BULGARIA 4-1 Austria 17.Nov 93 France 1-2 BULGARIA
P W D L Gls Pts 1.Sweden 10 6 3 1 19- 8 15 2.BULGARIA 10 6 2 2 19-10 14 3.France 10 6 1 3 17-10 13 4.Austria 10 3 2 5 15-16 8 5.Finland 10 2 1 7 9-18 5 6.Israel 10 1 3 6 10-27 5 BULGARIA qualified for USA 1994.

1998

(UEFA Group 5)
01.Sep 96 Israel 2-1 BULGARIA 08.Oct 96 Luxembourg 1-2 BULGARIA 14.Dec 96 Cyprus 1-3 BULGARIA 02.Apr 97 BULGARIA 4-1 Cyprus 08.Jun 97 BULGARIA 4-0 Luxembourg 20.Aug 97 BULGARIA 1-0 Israel 10.Sep 97 BULGARIA 1-0 Russia 11.Oct 97 Russia 4-2 BULGARIA
P W D L Gls Pts 1.BULGARIA 8 6 0 2 18- 9 18 2.Russia 8 5 2 1 19- 5 17 3.Israel 8 4 1 3 9- 7 13 4.Cyprus 8 3 1 4 10-15 10 5.Luxembourg 8 0 0 8 2-22 0 BULGARIA qualified for France 1998.

2002

(UEFA Group 3)
02.Sep 00 BULGARIA 0-1 Czech Republic 07.Oct 00 BULGARIA 3-0 Malta 11.Oct 00 Denmark 1-1 BULGARIA 24.Mar 01 BULGARIA 2-1 Iceland 28.Mar 01 BULGARIA 4-3 Northern Ireland 02.Jun 01 Northern Ireland 0-1 BULGARIA 06.Jun 01 Iceland 1-1 BULGARIA 01.Sep 01 Malta 0-2 BULGARIA 05.Sep 01 BULGARIA 0-2 Denmark 06.Oct 01 Czech Republic 6-0 BULGARIA
P W D L Gls Pts 1.Denmark 10 6 4 0 22- 6 22 2.Czech Rep 10 6 2 2 20- 8 20 3.BULGARIA 10 5 2 3 14-15 17 4.Iceland 10 4 1 5 14-20 13 5.N.Ireland 10 3 2 5 11-12 11 6.Malta 10 0 1 9 4-24 1 BULGARIA failed to qualify for Korea/Japan 2002.

2006

(UEFA Group 8)
04.Sep 04 Iceland 1-3 BULGARIA 09.Oct 04 Croatia 2-2 BULGARIA 13.Oct 04 BULGARIA 4-1 Malta 26.Mar 05 BULGARIA 0-3 Sweden 30.Mar 05 Hungary 1-1 BULGARIA 04.Jun 05 BULGARIA 1-3 Croatia 03.Sep 05 Sweden 3-0 BULGARIA 07.Sep 05 BULGARIA 3-2 Iceland 08.Oct 05 BULGARIA 2-0 Hungary 12.Oct 05 Malta 1-1 BULGARIA
P W D L Gls Pts 1.Croatia 10 7 3 0 21- 5 24 2.Sweden 10 8 0 2 30- 4 24 3.BULGARIA 10 4 3 3 17-17 15 4.Hungary 10 4 2 4 13-14 14 5.Iceland 10 1 1 8 14-27 4 6.Malta 10 0 3 7 4-32 3 BULGARIA failed to qualify for Germany 2006.



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